On the 3rd of February 2023, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, to discuss Ukraine's European path and the accession process.

The EU has a mutual defence clause, which guarantees protection for any member state coming under attack on its own territory. Since the start of the war, there has been speculation over whether Russian aggression could spread elsewhere, accelerating talks about Ukraine's EU membership. The Council on Foreign Relations suggested that a period of ten to twenty years would be realistic. And that would be after the war ended, which could itself take some time, given how events have been unfolding to date.

How does a contry obtain EU membership? What are the possible obstacles? Could there be any kind of compromise measure? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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